Border Governors Head to Mexico as Violence Rises

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Governors from both sides of theU.S.-Mexico border are in Mexico City to push for morecrime-fighting and border security amid unprecedented violence inMexico. The governors of California, Texas and New Mexico planned tooffer support today to Mexican President Felipe Calderon'scrackdown on the drug trade. Calderon has deployed more than 20,000federal troops across Mexico. Cartels have responded with increasingly bold attacks againstpolice and other security officials. On Tuesday, seven federalofficers were killed in a shootout at a suspected drug safe house. Beyond policy talks, it's not clear what the U.S. governors andthe governors of the six Mexican states will be able to accomplishbecause many of the actions they are seeking require congressionalapproval. The coalition made a similar anti-crime appeal to President Bushin February, but progress has been slow. Still, California GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger's administration says the partnership andcontinued pressure already have produced results.

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